How to pronounce “tuition”
Say “tuition” in 3 beats
tuition
/tjuˈɪʃən/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /tjuːɪʃən/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- tjutju
- ɪɪstress
- ʃənʃən
- IPA (American)
- /tjuˈɪʃən/
- IPA (British)
- /tjuːɪʃən/
- Respelling
- tyoo-I-shuhn
- Syllables
- 3 — tju-Ɪ-ʃən
- Stress
- Stress the second syllable: tju-Ɪ-ʃən. “ɪ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
American and British are not the same here
/tjuˈɪʃən/
/tjuːɪʃən/
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What “tuition” means
- noun
a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education)
“tuition and room and board were more than $25,000”
- noun
teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately)
Say it in a sentence
“Tuition costs rose again at the start of this year.”“tuition”, answered
How do you pronounce “tuition”?
“tuition” is pronounced /tjuˈɪʃən/ (tyoo-I-shuhn) in American English and /tjuːɪʃən/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “ɪ”. Build it as tju-Ɪ-ʃən, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “tuition” have?
3: tju · ɪ · ʃən. The beat lands on the second, “ɪ”.
Is “tuition” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /tjuˈɪʃən/ (tyoo-I-shuhn); British English says /tjuːɪʃən/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “tuition” mean?
As a noun: a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education) For example: “tuition and room and board were more than $25,000” It carries 1 other sense as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “tuition”?
Stress the second syllable: tju-Ɪ-ʃən. “ɪ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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